CHEYENNE GLOSSARY 



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emit' language. According to Hayden, 



the Cheyenne call the Sioux Oo'homoi'o. 



Statu sivamamowistd nowit — when you 

 (plural are living together again. 

 Ndvista I'nowimonh, I live with him; 

 niiiiii i mowi'sta nowin, we are living to- 

 gether. 



Ma'teaema moesta' nowet — tor Maid' siva- 

 mamowistd nowit. 



Matsi shJcota — ''corpse from the scaffold ;" 

 an unidentified Cheyenne division, on 

 the- authority of Clark (Grinnell). 



Miayuma — "red lodges," an unidentified 

 Cheyenne division, on the authority of 

 Clark 1 1 (rinnell). 



Mi sliiri imit — "heavj eyebrows;" an- 

 other name for the Sotd'm-itd ninn', 

 .,. v. 



Mn'l.i — "little woman;" a Cheyenne 

 woman prominent in the (Ihost dance. 



Mo'nshimonh — The ( Iheyenne name of the 

 dice game, called la -useta na by the 

 Arapaho. See Arapaho song til. 



Na'eso'yutuhi — for Na'suyut. 



Na hew' — I say. 



Na hen-n hi — for Na hen'. 



Na'hisimaqd'niwom — we are all crying. 

 Compare Ivota' omomestd o. 



Ndmi'io'ts — I am coming in sight. 



Nd in tots — for Ndmi'io'ts. 



Xii iii nia-i'ii — it is circling around. Com- 

 pare lint'iniiiha . 



Xii n ise' ti ds&stse — for Nan i son dsts. 



Ndnisi'ndsists — for Ndni'sondsts. 



Xii' niso 'nasi' slsi — for Ndni 'sondsts. 



Nam' sondsts — my children. Compare 

 Arapaho Ndni'sanaA. Xiini soniwo, your 

 children; hini'8onh,liis, orher, children. 



Xiini 'soniwo — your children. Compare 

 Ndni'sondsts. 



Xiini stohew' — I makethe sound. I make 

 a cry. Compare I'votdomo mi ltd o. 



Xiiser iiche' — for Xiisiin-hnii. 



Xiisini-hna — I waded in. 



Xii ''shinisto'niva — I am now humming. 

 See I'nisto'niwon. 



Na'suyut — I come to him. 



Na tosi'noeyots — I shall have it with me. 

 Na'tanoeyo'tsi'nots, I have it. 



Na rihomh — I looked at him, I saw him. 

 The present tense has tin- same form: 

 Xa'iihiit, I look at it; niiriho siinh, I 

 looked on. Compare Tsitdwo'moh. 



Ndviko'sdnh — I looked on (present tense, 

 same form). Compare Nd'vihomh. 



Xiiri 'shini'maih — I am going (circling) 

 around. Compare Tnl miiiha . 



Xiirt 'seviiqewo nil — I prepare myself with 



it. 

 \iui sivdmd — tliey are huri \ ing mealong. 



Xii eisitii n. I hurry. 

 Niasdtd'nonh — we have put him away, or 



aside. Nd'satonh, I have put him aside. 



NlKREKIKWA IS- lit ''XI K I — the Wichita 



name for the Cheyenne. See also Shit da. 



Ni'ha — for Ni'hiiw e. 



Xi hn-i liihi — for Xi lihn'e. 



Xilii'hininh — he is our father. Compare 



Xi hiui'e. 

 \i hittr'e — my father. Xi him' , father; 

 Xi'hnw'e, my father; nihi' hinolih, he is 

 our father. Compare I hiinlt and Arap- 

 aho niqa, father. 



Ni'mi'stdtu'lidm — you should take a swim 

 or bath. Ndtu'ham, I swim or bathe. 



Xi tili-iiitti it — he asks, or tells, us to do it. 

 Xiinh-ilir , I ask. or tell, him to do it. 



Xillini'i liini — for Xi nh -ni Hi' n. 



Xishirii liimii .'ink — he has taken pity on 

 us, he has blest us, he has sympathy 

 for us. Xtishirti liimh, I pity him. 



Xi shirti liiintnti — for Xishird tiiniii tnlt. 



NishJcd'nh or Nshkd'nh — our mother. 

 Xa' In, mother; na' Ini, my mother. 



Nistdko'naoe'vo — it will strengthen you. 

 Xti hiko' nitlii, I am strong; ndhiko'nd- 

 in it' it i' It ii, I strengthen him. 



Nistsdvi'siwomdtsi muni — so that, in order 

 that, you shall see each other; Xiiiro'm. 

 I see him ; niinii I, I sec it. 



Xi stsishihi'yohoni'mdni — for Nistsishi yo- 

 Itti in iiitinh. 



Nistsishi 'nutsima'nh — let us seek her, or 

 ask for her. Xiih't iiiitsinli , I am look- 

 ing for her. 



Nistsishi t/tiho'ni niiinh — let us go and play 

 shinny. Ndho'qu, L am playing shinny ; 

 ohoni'stuts, shinny. See Cheyenne song 

 9. 



Ni'stsistd'nd — for Ni'stsistd'notvdn. 



Ni'stsistd iioieiin — our life, or existence. 

 Xtiif/i stdni lint stiits, my existence. 



Ni'stsivi'shiwomd'tsinoh — by that means I 

 shall see you (plural). Compare Tsi- 

 tawo'moh. 



Xi tusimi'tdnun — he (she, ii i will give it 

 tons. Ni'mituts, I give it to you; mi mil, 

 I give it to him. 



Nuia'eshe'vaoe'tse — This form occurs in 

 Cheyenne song 1. The correct form 

 and rendering arc uncertain, but it is 

 doubtfully rendered "the summer 

 cloud." It seems to contain the word 

 ishi'r, day. 



